DILLON — Mrs. Mayola Hayes Townsend, 68, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, at her residence after an illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, at Bear Swamp Baptist Church, Lake View. Burial will be at Lake View Perpetual Cemetery, directed by Cook Funeral Home of Lake View. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, at the funeral home. Mrs. Townsend was born Jan. 19, 1939, the daughter of the late Edgar and May Belle Page Hayes. She was a member of Bear Swamp Baptist Church. Surviving are four sons, Timothy Townsend, Mark Townsend, Michael Townsend and William (Cathy) Townsend, all of Dillon; three daughters, Carolyn Brown of Fayetteville, N.C., Lori Cook of Dillon and Brenda (Danny) Nobles of Lake View; a special grandson, Ken Wayne Townsend of Dillon; a brother, Layton Hayes of Lake View; sisters, Lillian (Hal) Cook and Evolene Stroud of Lake View and Ezzie Mae Cook of Nichols. She was blessed with many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph T. Townsend and brothers, Cleaburn Hayes, J.B. Hayes and Edward Hayes. Gone but never forgotten and always loved. Published in the Morning News on 1/28/2007.